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- Book Title
- Green and Permanent Land : Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century
- Publication Name
- A Green and Permanent Land
- Title
- A Green and Permanent Land
- Subtitle
- Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9780700610662
- ISBN
- 9780700610662
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, History
- Topic
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Agriculture / General, United States / General
- Release Date
- 31/03/2001
- Release Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Series
- Development of Western Resources
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Once patronized primarily by the counterculture and the health food establishment, the organic food industry today is a multi-billion-dollar business driven by ever-growing consumer demand for safe food and greater public awareness of ecological issues. Assumed by many to be a recent phenomenon, that industry owes much to agricultural innovations that go back to the Dust Bowl era. This book explores the roots and branches of alternative agricultural ideas in twentieth-century America, showing how ecological thought has challenged and changed agricultural theory, practice, and policy from the 1930s to the present. It introduces us to the people and institutions who forged alternatives to industrialized agriculture through a deep concern for the enduring fertility of the soil, a passionate commitment to human health, and a strong advocacy of economic justice for farmers. Randal Beeman and James Pritchard show that agricultural issues were central to the rise of the environmental movement in the United States. As family farms failed during the Depression, a new kind of agriculture was championed based on the holistic approach taught by the emerging science of ecology. Ecology influenced the "permanent agriculture" movement that advocated such radical concepts as long-term land use planning, comprehensive soil conservation, and organic farming. Then in the 1970s, "sustainable agriculture" combined many of these ideas with new concerns about misguided technology and an over-consumptive culture to preach a more sensible approach to farming. In chronicling the overlooked history of alternative agriculture, A Green and Permanent Land records the significant contributions of individuals like Rex Tugwell, Hugh Bennett, Louis Bromfield, Edward Faulkner, Russell and Kate Lord, Scott and Helen Nearing, Robert Rodale, Wes Jackson, and groups like Friends of the Land and the Practical Farmers of Iowa. And by demonstrating how agriculture also remains central to the public interest--especially in the face of climatic crises, genetically altered crops, and questionable uses of pesticides--this book puts these issues in historical perspective and offers readers considerable food for thought.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700610669
ISBN-13
9780700610662
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1785660
Product Key Features
Book Title
Green and Permanent Land : Ecology and Agriculture in the Twentieth Century
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Agriculture / General, United States / General
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, History
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
S441.B36 2001
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" A Green and Permanent Land begins with a regional crisis--the Dust Bowl--and ends with the global crisis. In between is a story of how a small number of soil scientists and agrarians imagined an agriculture that featured production without decline to set against the exhaustive tendencies of industrialism. . . . This book will be read by all those with an interest in agrarian thought. It is an illuminating and useful volume."-- Technology and Culture "Beeman and Pritchard succeed in intertwining agriculture and ecology, topics often portrayed as antagonists."-- Great Plains Research "A valuable account of extraordinary events in the history of American farming. Beeman and Pritchard present fascinating stories of agricultural visionaries striving to better the world around them. This combination of environmental history and prescriptive remedy for our agricultural ills provides thought-provoking reading."-- Isis "This is a wonderfully crafted book that should be widely read. Hopefully, it will spawn a host of studies that will more deeply investigate the intersection of agricultural and environmental ideas. Anyone interested in doing so will find the model here."-- Florida Historical Quarterly, "This is a pathbreaking history of an emerging 'green' agricultural philosophy, and it offers a powerful alternative to the industrial juggernaut rolling over America's farms. Clearly written, broadly conceived, and important.": Donald Worster , author of Nature's Economy "A succinct and engaging account of the epic effort to create an agricultural landscape that is more socially sound, economically just, and environmentally responsible."-- Curt Meine , author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work "An important addition to American environmental history."-- Roderick Frazier Nash , author of Wilderness and the American Mind "A vibrant and engrossing history."-- John Saltmarsh , author of Scott Nearing: An Intellectual Biography, "This is a pathbreaking history of an emerging 'green' agricultural philosophy, and it offers a powerful alternative to the industrial juggernaut rolling over America's farms. Clearly written, broadly conceived, and important."-- Donald Worster , author of Nature's Economy "A succinct and engaging account of the epic effort to create an agricultural landscape that is more socially sound, economically just, and environmentally responsible."-- Curt Meine , author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work "An important addition to American environmental history."-- Roderick Frazier Nash , author of Wilderness and the American Mind "A vibrant and engrossing history."-- John Saltmarsh , author of Scott Nearing: An Intellectual Biography, " A Green and Permanent Land begins with a regional crisisthe Dust Bowland ends with the global crisis. In between is a story of how a small number of soil scientists and agrarians imagined an agriculture that featured production without decline to set against the exhaustive tendencies of industrialism. . . . This book will be read by all those with an interest in agrarian thought. It is an illuminating and useful volume."Technology and Culture "Beeman and Pritchard succeed in intertwining agriculture and ecology, topics often portrayed as antagonists."Great Plains Research "A valuable account of extraordinary events in the history of American farming. Beeman and Pritchard present fascinating stories of agricultural visionaries striving to better the world around them. This combination of environmental history and prescriptive remedy for our agricultural ills provides thought-provoking reading."Isis "This is a wonderfully crafted book that should be widely read. Hopefully, it will spawn a host of studies that will more deeply investigate the intersection of agricultural and environmental ideas. Anyone interested in doing so will find the model here."Florida Historical Quarterly, "This is a pathbreaking history of an emerging 'green' agricultural philosophy, and it offers a powerful alternative to the industrial juggernaut rolling over America's farms. Clearly written, broadly conceived, and important."-: Donald Worster , author of Nature's Economy "A succinct and engaging account of the epic effort to create an agricultural landscape that is more socially sound, economically just, and environmentally responsible."- Curt Meine , author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work "An important addition to American environmental history."- Roderick Frazier Nash , author of Wilderness and the American Mind "A vibrant and engrossing history."- John Saltmarsh , author of Scott Nearing: An Intellectual Biography, "This is a pathbreaking history of an emerging 'green' agricultural philosophy, and it offers a powerful alternative to the industrial juggernaut rolling over America's farms. Clearly written, broadly conceived, and important."-: Donald Worster , author of Nature's Economy "A succinct and engaging account of the epic effort to create an agricultural landscape that is more socially sound, economically just, and environmentally responsible."-- Curt Meine , author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work "An important addition to American environmental history."-- Roderick Frazier Nash , author of Wilderness and the American Mind "A vibrant and engrossing history."-- John Saltmarsh , author of Scott Nearing: An Intellectual Biography
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Permanent Agriculture 1. Soil and the Crisis of American Civilization 2. An Ecological Basis for Culture and Agriculture 3. The Public Life of Permanent Agriculture Part II: Sustainable Agriculture, 1960-85 4. Soil and the Crisis of Humanity 5. Ecological Inspiration for Agriculture 6. The Public Life of Sustainable Agriculture Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2001
Lccn
00-063334
Dewey Decimal
333.76/16/0973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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